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What boycotting looks like 70 years after the Montgomery Bus Boycott

By KIMBERLY CHANDLER and JAYLEN GREEN Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Doris Crenshaw was 12 years old on Dec. 5, 1955, when she and her sister eagerly rushed door to door in their neighborhood, distributing flyers prepared by activists planning a boycott of city buses in ...

Florida kicks off first black bear hunt in a decade, despite pushback

By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — For the first time in a decade, hunters armed with rifles and crossbows are fanning out across Florida's swamps and flatwoods to legally hunt the Florida black bear, over the vocal opposition of critics. The ...

Arizona congresswoman claims she was pepper sprayed during federal operation

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press A federal law enforcement operation at an Arizona taco shop resulted in a fracas on Friday, with agents deploying pepper spray as a group of protesters tried to stop authorities. Two agents were injured, and U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva was in the ...

US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born. A loud chorus of medical and public health leaders decried the actions ...